MONTCLAIR, New Jersey — The race for New Jersey governor started out on a roll Monday after Republican Jack Ciattarelli circulated a video that purported to show his opponent dissing the Garden State’s favorite breakfast food.
“Who eats pork roll? I think that’s gross,” Dem Mikie Sherrill exclaimed on an episode of “ The Zach Sang Show ” podcast last week — in an apparent affront to the Jersey-favorite morning meat.
Ciattarelli turned the moment into a campaign ad, posting it on X complete with a shot at the Jersey street cred of Sherrill, who was born in Alexandria, Virginia and moved to wealthy Montclair with her family in 2010.
“Hey Mikie. Tell me you’re not from Jersey without telling me you’re not from Jersey. You know what, don’t worry about it. You remind us of it every day in